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Inspiring educator remembered at Coeur d’Alene meeting

The district adopted three new remedial courses in response to low math performance.

Nine apply for vacant Boise trustee opening

Applicants include a previous candidate, a retired educator and leadership from Idaho’s higher education institutions.

Satterlee talks about retirement and budget deficit in final address

The five-year president will depart from Idaho State University on Dec. 31.

Idaho youth can now access residential mental health care

The Idaho Youth Ranch opens residential inpatient treatment facility that will be focused on children with Medicaid in Caldwell.

Screenshot of the Bonneville school board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 9.

Bonneville approves continuing a mastery-based learning approach

Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme described the next steps to an individualized approach to educating students.

Vallivue board approves plans for its $78 million bond

The money will allow the district to add two new elementary schools and improve existing buildings and security measures.

Idaho Digital Learning Alliance superintendent Jeff Simmons speaks to a packed room at the IASA 2023 conference.

Administrators discuss strategies for harnessing AI

Text-generating artificial intelligence is not going away so school leaders consider how it could be a classroom tool.

Funding formula rewrite still up in the air after second committee meeting

State education leaders agreed that the nearly 30-year-old policy is outdated, complicated and misaligned.

Some details are still fuzzy on the governor’s Idaho Launch program

Administrators questions state officials on Thursday about the $80 million postsecondary career incentives plan.

Idaho Philanthropy Day nominations are due in August

Awards recognize those people giving the most to communities throughout Idaho.